Illustrative image (Source: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City willhost the Cotton Day 2017 on September 12, which aims to strengthen connection betweengarment-textile firms and partners, suppliers and experts in the cotton sector.
The event, to be held by the Cotton CouncilInternational (CCI) and the Vietnam Textile and Garment Association (VITAS), willbe a chance for enterprises to learn about global cotton demand and brands’consumption trends.
Within the event, a conference and fashion showwill be held, introducing the COTTON USA collections of Canifa and John Henrybrands, including those designed by five winners of the COTTON USA-Fashion Designcontest.
Vu Duc Giang, VITAS President, said that Vietnamhas to import a large amount of cotton as the domestic sector meets only 0.04percent of demand. Among supply sources, cotton from the US is considered thehighest quality, accounting for up to 60 percent of total cotton imports.
Giang said that the Cotton Day is expected to enableVietnamese firm to use the COTTON USA label on their products. Since 2017, theCCI has helped Vietnamese fashion brands use US cotton to enhance theirproducts’ quality.
According to the VITAS, despite challenges facingVietnam’s garment and textile sector, including pressure from anti-dumping taxon fibre in Turkey and India, the sector still earned 19.8 billion USD fromexport in the first eight months of 2017, up 9.9 percent year on year.
The Cotton Day is one of the CCI’s biggestevents in Asia. The event began in Japan in the early 1990s and has been heldin the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), China, Thailand, and Bangladesh.
This year, it is held for the first time inVietnam and Indonesia.-VNA
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